SEVERE WEATHER -- TOOK A áSEVERE áTOLL ON ONE TOWN'S ECONOMY. THE BROKEN GLASS AND BOARDED-UP WINDOWS ... AREN'T EXACTLY "WELCOMING" - BUT TOMORROW...YOU'RE INVITED BACK TO BLAIR -- FOR A DAY OF SPECIALS - SALES - AND OTHER INCENTIVES TO SHOP. ENGDAHL SPENT THE DAY WITH BUSINESSES -- LOOKING FOR A BOOST. YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC NEVER STOPS IN DOWNTOWN BLAIR. BUT AFTER JUNE'S DEVASTATING HAIL.. SHOPS ALONG THE MAIN DRAG HERE SAY -- THEIR áCUSTOMER TRAFFIC, CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. TOMORROW -- THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT BLAIR..IS BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS.(Amy Hanson: We love áWITHOUT THAT LOVE -- AMY HANSON SAYS.. HER SMALL- BUSINESSES DOORS ..MIGHT'VE NEVER RE-OPENED.(Amy Hanson/Owner, Bra Ta: We're all in this together and I appreciate the support everyone's given so far. Just hope that it continues!) THERE ARE STILL BOARDS WHERE HAIL DESTROYED STORE-FRONT WINDOWS. BOARDS THAT HANSON SAYS..ALSO KEEP OUT CUSTOMERS.(Amy Hanson: You get the local support..But you also get the support of people just driving through. They don't realize that you're open, so they don't stop and they can't see your merchandise.) THAT'S THE STORY SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN DOWN-TOWN BLAIR, SHARE. EVEN THOUGH SIGNS TELL YOU, THEY áARE áOPEN. BUT TURNS OUT -- REELING IN CUSTOMERS, IS JUST PART OF THE BATTLE. Manager, A Lady and a Ladle: There's a long wait for windows, some people don't know when they'll be getting their windows still and it's been almost two months.) WHICH IS WHY JARED ROBERTS SAYS..THEY áJUST FIXED THEIR WINDOWS, LAST WEEK. IN PICTURES..YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE TOTALLY BUSTED OUT.. SHUTTING THE RESTAURANT DOWN FOR WEEKS.(Jared Roberts: We got our windows fixed last week and I've had people come in since then and say we're It's like, we weren't closed for most of that time.) SAYS NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME (Jordan Rishel/Office Assistant, Blair Chamber of Commerce: Some people are struggling to let people know they are open.) JORDAN RISHEL SAYS NOW, áALL BUSINESSES ARE OPEN AGAIN. WILL HAVE SALES, GIVE-AWAYS.. (Jordan Rishel: Whatever you need, we've got it here in Blair.) AND IN BLAIR -- THOSE BUSINESSES WILL TELL YOU, THEY NEED áYOUR SUPPORT. everyone out as a community just to get together kind of bring back the moral.) A LOT OF THESE SHOPS ARE KEEPING EXTENDED HOURS TOMORROW -- FROM TEN TIL EIGHT. YOU BUT TO FIND OUT THE BUSINESSES AND SPECIALS YOU CAN EXPECT TOMORROW.. GO TO K-E-T-V(DOT) COM..AND WE'LL CONNECT YOU. IN BLAIR -- KRISTYNA ENGDAHL KETV

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